Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission – Office of the Inspector General

Requested by

Delegate Kramer

Synopsis

For the purpose of establishing an Office of the Inspector General in the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; providing for the appointment, qualifications, and term of the inspector general; providing for the establishment, membership, qualifications, and function of an appointment committee; prohibiting the inspector general from participating in a certain merit system but authorizing the inspector general to participate in a certain employee benefits program under certain terms and conditions; authorizing the Commission to offer a certain supplemental employee benefits program to an inspector general under certain circumstances; authorizing the Commission to remove an inspector general under certain circumstances; prohibiting the inspector general from holding secondary employment during the inspector general’s term; authorizing the inspector general to select certain employees as subordinate staff of the Office subject to certain conditions; authorizing the inspector general to dismiss certain subordinate staff for certain causes; authorizing the inspector general, subject to certain conditions, to retain consultants; establishing the duties of the inspector general and of the Office; authorizing the Commission to include a certain audit in another certain audit; authorizing the Office to conduct certain investigations, analyses, audits, and reviews, provide management advisories, and utilize the assistance of certain other persons; requiring the inspector general to comply with generally accepted government auditing standards under certain circumstances; requiring the inspector general to submit certain written reports to the Commission for publication on the Commission’s website; prohibiting the inspector general from disclosing certain information that is protected from disclosure; authorizing the inspector general to make certain oral reports under certain circumstances; requiring the inspector general to establish and follow procedures for safeguarding the identity of confidential sources and protecting confidential information; requiring the Commission to publish certain reports on its website; requiring the inspector general to report certain allegations to certain persons under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations on independent operation of the Office; requiring the inspector general to consult with the Commission to develop a certain work plan and establish certain goals and priorities for the Office; requiring the inspector general to make the work plan available to the public, subject to certain laws; requiring the inspector general to coordinate with certain persons for certain purposes under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to include in its annual budget proposal certain amounts for the Office; requiring the Commission’s general counsel to provide certain legal services to the inspector general under certain circumstances; authorizing the inspector general to employ and be represented by a special legal counsel without the consent of the general counsel under certain circumstances; requiring a Commission employee or official or a vendor of the Commission to promptly provide certain information to the inspector general under certain circumstances; requiring the inspector general to notify certain persons if a Commission employee or official fails to provide certain information; requiring the Commission chair, vice chair, or executive director to take certain action under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission officers to take certain action under certain circumstances; providing that a Commission employee should report any fraud, waste, or abuse to the Office; prohibiting a Commission employee, vendor, or employee of a vendor from being retaliated against, penalized, or threatened with retaliation for certain actions; prohibiting the inspector general from disclosing the identity of a certain person under certain circumstances; authorizing the inspector general or a designated assistant inspector general to administer an oath or affirmation or take an affidavit from any person under certain circumstances; authorizing the Commission to adopt certain regulations; authorizing the inspector general or a staff member authorized by the inspector general to administer oaths and take depositions and other testimony for certain purposes; authorizing the inspector general to subpoena any person or evidence for a certain purpose; authorizing a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with a certain order or subpoena or testimony or the production of evidence; exempting certain employees of the Commission from a certain merit system; defining certain terms; and generally relating to the Office of the Inspector General in the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.